Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-10
OLD HEN AND CHICK.
A Boomer Gives his Ideas of the Bus
mess Mems Association and the
Committee or Twenty-Five Morn
ing .Mummy'' Remembered.

Editor Argus;
Rock ISLAND. Ill, August 10.-In be-
half of certain widesawake business men
of the city of Rock Island. let NE say a
word in your paper concerning the screed
to be found in the local columns of the
morning mummy. Its yillifcation OF the
Committee of Twenty is unwarranted.
To start with, this organization was
proposed as necessity. Certain mem
bers of that old hen the Business Mems
association-were active in its formation;
they recognized the fact that the associa,
ton, as an association, was doing abso-
lutely nothing to add to the growth and
prosperity of the city. There was, we
believe, only one man connected with the
old association, who was active in his
endeavors to carry ost its mission. and be
was heartily sick of, and handicapped by.
the childish actions of his associates.
A number of the old association admit
that the organization was too large, or
too lazy. they don't know which; every
body leaving everything for some one
else to attend to. and as u consequence
there was nothing done that could be
even dignl6ed with the name of II tizzle.
There is. even in a tizzle, some tlzZ; but
in what the old association accomplished,
there was only gentle, sudsy swash,
leaving not ripple behind. Such was
the condition during the two years or
more last passed.
Then the idea of Committee of Twen>
ty was preached The plan was to take
up the work where the old association
leftbf and not to antagonize 1t IN any
way. The people who wanted to push
antas oniZe any one who had the inter-
ests of the city at heart Now comes the
old hen, jealous, actually jealous, of the
Young upstart that had even presumed
TO make an endeavor to rattle the
cid dry bones, with the proposition
come in with us. come under our pro,
tecting wing. you can't accomplish any
thing without us The committee, absurd
as it may appear, did 60 on under the
| protecting wing of the old hen and there
| II is, smotbered, we guess. ChOked of
by the meanest and most contemplate
spirit that exists in the human breast
He who would defend such a spirit de
serves the supreme contempt of his as
sociates
The Business Mems association. it il
true was once worthy OF its name. Som
of its members were active and energetic
but in the course of time so many kick
ers, mosshacks and clans developer
themselves that the men of push becam
disguised, They sought new metho
of building up the town even though the
knew it was an up hill job in the face O
the croakers and chroDics Had tn
mummy also become self constitute
, CT mouthpiece of the committee. instead
OF a jealous Pathfinder, it then woul
have acted the manly part.
The only occasions of praising or com
7 mending the work OF the new eommitte
was when some one would canter aroun
to the Office Of the morning mummy an
give them few pointers as to what the
were doing This was sslYe for the
wounded feelings, wounded because the
were not requested to act as the ott1ci
? organ. Should its evening cOntemporal
get in its usual scoop of matter interes
{ ing to the public, not one word would a
E pear in the mummy. If there was n
silence, there was sure to be sore heat
ed growl Of jealousy. This spirit is tt
manifest. The city can well afford
< hire such peevish concern to shut |
shop. Abroad it has given Rock Islar
a reputation for narrowmindedness TIL
r
q because it is the only republican paper
p the CITY.
Before the mummy pours forth al
more of its vituperation, let it rememb
t that the old hen is nursing the child, t
E committee of twenty, and the suck is
e thin that premature death is but OUT
: ton of short time. BOOMER.